{"id":5672,"date":"2012-12-30T00:09:58","date_gmt":"2012-12-30T07:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/?p=5672"},"modified":"2015-10-16T23:45:16","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T06:45:16","slug":"uk-mail-online-cites-death-on-the-american-riviera-in-settlement-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/?p=5672","title":{"rendered":"In Mallory Rae Dies settlement story the UK Daily Mail cites &#8220;Death On The American Riviera&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"In%20Mallory%20Rae%20Dies%20settlement%20story%20the%20UK%20Daily%20Mail%20cites%20%22Death%20On%20The%20American%20Riviera%22\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><div>\n<p><strong>By DAILY MAIL REPORTER<\/strong> \u00a0<a title=\"UK Mail 12.29\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2890865\/Parents-woman-killed-hit-run-drunk-U-S-congressional-aide-win-2-5M-settlement-federal-government.html\">ACCESS FULL STORY:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>PUBLISHED:<\/strong>\u00a000:10 EST, 30 December 2014 |<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mallory Dies, 27, was struck and killed by 32-year-old Raymond Morua in downtown Santa Barbara in December 2013<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Morua worked as an aide to California Democratic Rep. Lois Capps and claims he was working a party for her the night he killed Dies<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Morua had two prior DUI arrests, a hit-and-run and an embezzlement conviction&#8211;Dies parents sued claiming Capps failed to vet her employee<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rep. Capps was dropped from the suit after the federal government assumed liability for her as its employee&#8211;the suit settled in November\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2890865\/Parents-woman-killed-hit-run-drunk-U-S-congressional-aide-win-2-5M-settlement-federal-government.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5674\" title=\"Screen Shot 2014-12-29 at 10.51.42 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-29-at-10.51.42-PM1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-29-at-10.51.42-PM1.png 642w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-29-at-10.51.42-PM1-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA California family has won a $2.5 million settlement from the federal government after their\u00a0daughter was killed by a drunk congressional aide they claimed was on the job the night he took the wheel while intoxicated.<\/p>\n<p>Mallory Dies, 27, was struck and killed in December 2013 by Raymond Morua, a 32-year-old former aide to Santa Barbara Democratic Rep. Lois Capps.<\/p>\n<p>Dies&#8217; parents sued for wrongful death and claimed Capps&#8217; office hired Iraq war vet Morua despite his two prior DUI arrests, a hit-and-run and an embezzlement conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Wrongful death: Raymond Morua was drunk following a party he purportedly attended while &#8216;on the clock&#8217; as a congressional aide when he struck and killed 27-year-old Mallory Dies in December 2013 before fleeing the scene<\/p>\n<p>Denial: Rep. Capps also denied that Morua was working for her the night he got drunk at a part before killing Dies. But the Dies family attorney (Dies&#8217; father Matt is pictured left) argued he was. The federal government quietly settled with the family for $2.5 million in November<\/p>\n<p>The federal government quietly settled in November, thereby avoiding a trial without admitting liability for Dies&#8217; death, reports\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.keyt.com\/news\/family-settles-with-federal-government-for-millions-over-daughters-death\/30448798\"><strong>KEYT<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Her parents, Matt and Raeona Dies, initially named Morua, Capps, and the U.S. government in its filing.<\/p>\n<p>However, the federal government assumed liability for Capps as its employee and removed her from the amended court filing.<\/p>\n<p>Morua pleaded guilty earlier this year to DUI, manslaughter and fleeing the scene of a fatal collision. He&#8217;s since been sentenced to 20 years to life behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>The Dies initial claim was that Morua was officially on the job the night of December 6, 2013&#8211;gladhanding in Rep. Lois Capps&#8217; stead at a private holiday party thrown by a local newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>Capps&#8217; spokesman insisted that their former employee was at the booze-fueled bash on his own when he bought eight cocktails and got behind the wheel.<\/p>\n<p>But Raymond Victor Morua III wrote in a sworn statement that the congresswoman&#8217;s scheduler instructed him to attend the party.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;On or about November 27th, 2013, I was in Representative Capps&#8217; office and was told by Vianey Lopez that I was to attend a Christmas party on Dec. 5, 2013, at The Savoy, a club on State Street in Santa Barbara,&#8217; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He had reportedly attended the same event a year earlier as Capps&#8217; emmisary.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Mr. Morua has said under oath, under penalty of perjury, that he was on the job,&#8217; Dies famiyl attorney Robert Stoll said earlier this year. Adding that if that&#8217;s the case, &#8216;then Lois Capps is responsible.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Investigative journalist<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/?p=3153\">Peter Lance<\/a><\/strong> published a lengthy expos\u00e9 in which he details an alleged cover-up on the part of Capps staffers, aimed at sparing their boss the embarrassment of having hired and publicly praised Morua.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"In%20Mallory%20Rae%20Dies%20settlement%20story%20the%20UK%20Daily%20Mail%20cites%20%22Death%20On%20The%20American%20Riviera%22\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>By DAILY MAIL REPORTER \u00a0ACCESS FULL STORY: PUBLISHED:\u00a000:10 EST, 30 December 2014 | Mallory Dies, 27, was struck and killed by 32-year-old Raymond Morua in downtown Santa Barbara in December 2013 Morua worked as an aide to California Democratic Rep. 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