No stranger to litigation, Apple (News - Alert) has another lawsuit on its plate now: Some people are irked how fast their iPads overheat.

Industry observer Susan Jacobsson notes that a complaint was filed in federal court in Oakland on July 23 by Jacob Balthazar, Claudia Keller, and John Browning: "According to the filing, the iPad does not 'live up to reasonable consumer's expectations created by Apple... as the iPad overheats so quickly under common weather conditions that it does not function for prolonged use outdoors, or in many other warm conditions."

Mac.Blorge says that yes, in fact, "one way to insure that your shiny new iPad overheats is to turn it on, lay it down so that the noontime sun shines directly on its screen, and wait awhile for the iPad to be smart enough to turn itself off to avoid damage. Apparently, a group of attorneys somewhere has noticed that if you do something that stupid, the iPad in question does indeed overheat and turn itself off."

Having "proven to their satisfaction that the laws of physics still apply, the attorneys in question have filed a class action suit against Apple (instead of the universe, which actually enforces the laws of physics)," Mac.Blorge says, adding that "the overheating iPad issue is analogous to putting your foot in front of a bus tire and waiting until the bus rolls over it, then suing because the bus injured your foot."

Evidently -- we can't speak from experience here, we haven't received our iPad from our dear sweet loving wife for our birthday yet, and it never gets that hot or cold around here anyway -- users get a screen that reads "iPad needs to cool down before you can use it."

Is this just another of those my-McDonald's-coffee-is-too-hot lawsuits? Frankly there have been several reports in the tech press about iPads overheating, and Jacobsson reports that "this is not just an iPad issue -- it also happens with the iPhone (News - Alert) (just the other day my iPhone shut down after I, er, took it sunbathing)."

But we agree with Mac.Blorge. Thank you, buck-hungry lawyers.