The company alleges HouseCanary masked evidence and misled the jury during trial
Amrock has announced that it is seeking a new trial after a judge upheld the $706 million jury verdict against the company in favor of real estate analytics firm HouseCanary.
Amrock’s 97-page motion for a new trial offers new evidence of an alleged fraudulent scheme perpetrated by HouseCanary and claims the company masked evidence and misled the jury throughout a seven-week trial.
Amrock, formerly known as TitleSource said its filing includes sworn affidavits from three former HouseCanary executives who revealed details of the scheme and collusion following the verdict. Amrock claims its CEO received an anonymous email from a whistleblower the day after the trial revealing that HouseCanary had colluded with a former executive.
Shortly after the initial whistleblower came forward, two additional former HouseCanary executives also came forward providing sworn statements that corroborated and offered further insight into the fraudulent scheme that HouseCanary allegedly perpetrated on Amrock and the court.
Amrock said the three whistleblowers revealed that HouseCanary CEO Jeremy Sicklick coaxed a former Amrock executive to collude with HouseCanary executives. Together, they conspired to misrepresent the readiness and authenticity of HouseCanary products to Amrock. In the end, Amrock said, it was prompted to enter into a contract for what turned out to be non-existent HouseCanary products.
"This is one of the most egregious frauds that I have ever seen in my 35-year career as a litigator and former federal prosecutor," said Randy Mastro, a Gibson Dunn attorney representing Amrock. "This shocking verdict is now wholly undermined for many reasons by several former HouseCanary executives who have come forward for the first time, as a matter of conscience, to blow the whistle on this fraud. As these witnesses now confirm in their sworn accounts, the jury in this case was simply duped and misled. Had it known the truth, no reasonable jury would have rendered this unprecedented verdict. The deception, collusion, and cover-up that occurred here require a new trial so the truth can be told and justice served."
