A $375,000 settlement in a wrongful arrest case that Fulton County commissioners agreed to Wednesday “would have been significantly less” if the county had only made an offer at any point before the case went to trial, attorney Natalie Woodward said.

“This case really should have resolved without going to trial, period,” she said.

In March, a jury found in favor of Woodward’s client, who had been charged with felony obstruction of justice. The charge was later dropped.

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Mathew Palmer, a former Delta Air Lines employee, at his home in Atlanta on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025.  Palmer was fired less than two weeks after writing a post on social media about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. (Natrice Miller/AJC)