The weather is sunny and warm, and business is brisk on the day you begin your lemonade sales. You are nearing the end of your business day and have counted $57 in your cashbox when "Larry the Leech," the biggest bully on the block, rides up on his bicycle (that he "borrowed" from you over three months ago), supposedly to buy some lemonade. You know better. He glances scornfully at you and shouts, "You call that lemonade? I bet it's full of ants or arsenic!" Several of your neighbors overhear but ignore his remarks, though one potential customer cringes as he sees Larry pump a fist at him. The potential customer walks away. Larry rides back down the hill, laughing.

As he heads for home, he knocks down your baby sister who is out on her tricycle.He then throws his burning cigarette butt across his shoulder, and it strikes your hand. You shake the butt off your hand, and it lands on the "Lemonade: $.50 a cup" sign. The sign ignites, setting the cashbox (an old cardboard shoebox with about $40 worth of dollars in it) on fire. There goes the majority of your profits. You burn the soles of your shoes as you stomp out the fire, suffering first-degree burns on your palms as you fan away the flames with a dish towel.

In addition, your ninety-year-old Grandma O'Reilly, who moved into your house because hers recently burned down, observes everything from her second floor window; when she sees the flames, she shouts, "Fire, fire!" and then faints in shock. You are so upset that you can barely speak, but somehow you manage to squeak out, "Larry, I will sue you, you sorry excuse for a human being!"

Later you receive a message that someone posted on your Facebook page. Sure enough, you find a posting there about "loser" you and your "loser" poisonous lemonade, accompanied by a picture of a monkey.

Can you sue Larry for the harm he has caused you and your business?