Order and judgment unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Memorandum:
The second cause of action in the complaint is governed by the two-year period of limitation for the commencement of a wrongful death action (EPTL 5-4.1) and not by the 2½-year period applying to an action for medical malpractice (CPLR 214-a), notwithstanding the fact that the death allegedly resulted from medical malpractice (Morano v St. Francis Hosp.,
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