Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
General Obligations Law § 15-108 abrogated the commonlaw rule that the release of an original tortfeasor barred a later action against a hospital or physician for any additional injuries resulting from the negligent treatment of the original injury (see Williams v Niske,
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