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"The estate of James Rivetta filed suit against his former employer Alion Science and Technology of McLean, Va. alleging the company failed to pay Rivetta&rsquo;s salary and benefits until he died in May.<br /><br />According to its website, Alion Science and Technology is an employee-owned technology solutions company delivering technical expertise and operational support to the Department of Defense, civilian government agencies and commercial customers.<br /><br />Alion was formed in December 2002 with 1,600 employees of the Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute (IITRI)--founded in 1936--who purchased substantial assets of IITRI. <br /><br />According to the complaint filed in St. Clair County, on May 29, 2001, Alion entered into an agreement to pay Rivetta $125,000 a year for services rendered in the scope of his employment, but without just cause, terminated the agreement on July 12, 2003.<br /><br />The estate claims that it sustained damages in excess of $250,000 plus interest, attorney fees, and costs of the suit and seeks a judgment declaring Alion to be in breach of its employment agreement, a judgment for actual damages and any other relief the court deems just and appropriate.<br /><br />The estate is represented by Gerald Dunne of Dunne Bodet in St. Louis.<br /><br /><i>05 L 415 (20th Circuit)</i><br />"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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