Settlement discussions appear to be under way in a lawsuit involving use of a Viking Cove beachfront.
Fred Einspruch of Haines sued property owners Sally Anderson and Michael Wald in state Superior Court July 11, asking the court to recognize a public right of use on a section of beachfront land owned by the couple.
The parcel is on a dirt road past the end of Mud Bay Road.

Einspruch maintains that longtime use of…
