Cafazzo v. Central Medical Health Services, Inc.

*529 OPINION

MONTEMURO, Justice.

In this case of first impression, we are presented with the question of whether a hospital and a physician can be held subject to strict liability under the Restatement of Torts (Second) § 402A, for defects in a product incidental to the provision of medical services.

In 1986, appellant Albert Cafazzo underwent surgery for implantation of a mandibular prosthesis. In 1992, some time after it was discovered that this device was defective, a complaint1 was filed against appellees, the physician who performed the surgery and the hospital where the operation took place,…