Uninstalling Superfish doesn't remove the dodgy root certificate that it installed (which is the dangerous bit). As per Lenovo's guide[0] that still has to be done manually.

[0] http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/superfish_u...

Having read several court cases, I can say I have never seen the court trying to answer the question about how much the average victim would spend on repairs. Its not a question easily answered or find evidence for, and the court do not have the ability to send out a survey.

What I do normally see is the court looking for guidelines regarding damages, and here the relevant question would be what a average person would have to pay in order to remove the malware and restore damages. A laywer could present rates of reputable repair shops has charge clients, and the defense lawyer could argue that the update helped reduce the time a professional would take.

> the relevant question would be what a average person would have to pay in order to remove the malware and restore damages

And since the malware has already been removed at no cost, the actual, not just hypothetical, answer to that question is zero.

The removal tool still need to be downloaded and run as per lenovo's website (http://news.lenovo.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1931&v...). The malware still exist in laptops today and a professional would have to download the file, run it, and verify the removal of the infected malware to repair the machine.