Florida Keys News - Key West Citizen
Sheriff settles Link family's wrongful death lawsuit
Link family receives $200K from county, undisclosed sum from contractor
Sheriff Bob Peryam has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a Tavernier man who died just seven hours after being admitted to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office's Stock Island Detention Center in June 2009.
The family of Clayton Link, who was 26 at the time of his death, received $200,000 as per the settlement agreement, which they entered into with Peryam in May. The...
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