Austin, 278 Ga. 844 (2a) (607 SE2d 569) (2005), this Court rejected an equalprotection challenge to OCGA § 24-3-18 (a), which creates a hearsayexception applicable in “the trial of any civil case involving injury ordisease,” observing that the plaintiff could not show he was treateddifferently than similarly situated persons because he was “treated nodifferently than any other party in a civil action involving injury or disease.... [read post]