A small legal dispute between a dentist and the heir to a multi-million dollar shoe company could reshape the laws that define pedestrian access to the beaches along the Great Lakes in Wisconsin.
When Paul Florsheim, the great-grandson of the founder of Florsheim Shoes, was issued a trespassing citation and fined $313 for walking his dogs in front of dentist Daniel Domagala’s beachfront house in Shorewood, he did not simply give up and pay the fine as most people would.
Instead, he chose to appeal the ruling so his case could be heard by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, the highest court in the state…