Many victims wrongly believe that a hernia mesh recall is required to file a hernia mesh lawsuit. This is a myth. There are currently thousands of lawsuits pending for mesh that is not currently recalled and was never recalled. There have been some recalls of hernia mesh in the past issued by the FDA for various reasons. A recall cannot hurt your lawsuit and may help to a certain extent. Ethicon Physiomesh was not recalled by Johnson and Johnson. Johnson and Johnson voluntarily removed Physiomesh from the market. In Canada and some other countries Physiomesh was recalled.