Kassie Taylor, special counsel in the Maritime Practice Group in the Miami office, authored the article "Sea of Change: Are Seafarers Still 'Wards of Admiralty'?" featured in Marine Log's October issue. Kassie discusses a recent US 11th Circuit Court decision suggesting a cruise line's duty to provide maintenance and cure may not be as broad as previously thought and may signal that crewmembers may no longer be entitled to the special treatment afforded them as wards of admiralty.