(August 3, 2021, 1:17 PM EDT) -- CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A New York state court justice on Aug. 2 ordered opioid defendant Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Endo Health Solutions Inc. (collectively, Endo) and their counsel to show cause on Aug. 6 why the court should not strike the defendants’ answers and enter a default judgment of liability for public nuisance, allow an adverse inference in favor of the plaintiff counties and preclude the defendants from defending against certain evidence....