Cochran v. Emory University

Andrews, Presiding Judge.

Kathy Cochran appeals from the trial court’s order granting summary judgment to Emory University on Cochran’s medical malpractice claim. The court held that Cochran was judicially estopped from asserting the claim because she had failed to list it as a potential asset in her bankruptcy case. Cochran claims on appeal that the trial court should have granted her motion for reconsideration of its summary judgment order because she subsequently moved to reopen her bankruptcy case. Because the trial court correctly found that the petition to reopen the bankruptcy was…