A $1.08 million settlement in a suit claiming an obstetrician failed to order additional fetal testing that would have detected a genetic disorder, Graham v. Shoman, was approved in a Jan. 30 order by a Bergen County judge.

Plaintiff Monique Graham claimed her doctor, Waleed Abdelghani of Hackensack, who later changed his name to Adam Shoman, conducted ultrasounds during the 21st and 22nd weeks of her pregnancy that showed genetic abnormalities. The tests revealed excess amniotic fluid, but Shoman didn’t advise Graham of the risks or direct her to undergo an amniocentesis, according to Susan Connors of Nagel Rice in Roseland, who represented Graham along with Bruce Nagel of that firm.

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