Comdata and parent company Ceridian Corp. announced they have reached a settlement in a suit brought against Comdata by Flying J and NCR Corp.

The suit was filed by Flying J in 1996, and NCR joined the complaint in 1999. These same two plaintiffs also brought a lawsuit against Ceridian in 2000.
According to The Nashville Post, Flying J claimed that Comdata unfairly denied holders of the Flying J TCH card access to Comdata's Trendar point-of-sale card swiping process. A lawyer for Flying J told the paper that Comdata "took action to exclude us from the trucker fleet card and point-of-sale markets."
The settlement denies any wrongdoing on behalf of Comdata or Ceridian, provides for a payment of $49 million, and allows for Flying J's TCH-branded fleet cards to be accepted on Comdata's Trendar point-of-sale devices.
Additionally, Comdata's Comchek cards will be accepted over the ROSS point-of-sale system at Flying J franchised locations.
"After careful consideration, we concluded it is in the best interest of the industry we serve and to the benefit of Comdata's customers and employees that we put this litigation behind us," said Comdata President Gary Krow. "This agreement does not change our fundamental business practice of granting access to competing cards on the Trendar system. The choice of accepting the Flying-J-issued TCH card is in the hands of individual truckstops."