A former vice-president of IMP Solutions is suing one of the largest Nova Scotia-based companies, saying he was terminated from his job without just cause or reasonable notice.

Until recently, Gerald Lawson was making $133,000 a year, according to a statement of claim filed in Nova Scotia Supreme Court. That is, until his employment with the company ended on April 12.

Lawson is suing IMP Group Ltd., the parent company of IMP Solutions. He says the dismissal was in "bad faith and/or unfair conduct," according to the statement of claim. The claim does not say why Lawson's job was terminated.

No defence has yet been filed by the company and none of the allegations has been proven in court.

While he worked with IMP Solutions, Lawson "established and grew" the computer services business "from nothing" into a business with annual gross income of more than $15 million, the claim says. The company also makes an average of $2 million in annual gross profit, the claim says.

Lawson was hired as director of enterprise solutions in April 2001. The 52-year-old Wellington man was lured away from another job offer with Aliant's Xwave Solutions Inc., enticed to work for the IMP Group's fledgling computer operation...

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