8-K

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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                          TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

         Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) March 14, 2006

                            MICHAEL BAKER CORPORATION
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                                  PENNSYLVANIA
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                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

                 1-6627                                25-0927646
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        (Commission File Number)            (IRS Employer Identification No.)

            100 AIRSIDE DRIVE
       MOON TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA                        15108
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 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)              (Zip Code)

                                 (412) 269-6300
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)


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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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ITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS.

On March 14, 2006, Michael Baker Corporation (the "Company") announced that it
has reached a settlement in the previously disclosed lawsuit filed against the
Company by A&L, Inc. ("A&L"), in which A&L alleged misrepresentation and breach
of warranty in connection with the sale by the Company of certain assets of its
heavy and highway construction business to A&L in 2000. A copy of the press
release making this announcement is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and
incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 9.01.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d)  Exhibits.

The following exhibit is filed with this report on Form 8-K:

Exhibit No.    Description
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99.1           Press release issued March 14, 2006



                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                                MICHAEL BAKER CORPORATION

                                                By: /s/  William P. Mooney
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                                                    Executive Vice President and
                                                    Chief Financial Officer

Date: March 16, 2006



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Number    Description                               Method of Filing
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99.1      Press release dated March 14, 2006        Filed herewith.

EX-99.1

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

                      BAKER SETTLES LAWSUIT WITH A&L, INC.

PITTSBURGH, March 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Michael Baker Corporation (Amex:
BKR) announced today that it has reached a settlement in the previously
disclosed lawsuit filed against the Company by A&L, Inc., in which A&L alleged
misrepresentation and breach of warranty in connection with the sale by Baker of
certain assets of its heavy and highway construction business to A&L in year
2000.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020605/BAKERLOGO)

Under the terms of the settlement, Baker will pay A&L $625,000, and forgive
receivables amounting to $850,000, of which $600,000 had been previously
reserved. The total financial impact of the settlement is equal to six to seven
cents per share, which will be reflected in the preliminary and unaudited 2005
results that the Company expects to report by the end of March.

Michael Baker Corporation (http://www.mbakercorp.com) provides engineering and
operations and maintenance services for its clients' most complex challenges
worldwide. The firm's primary practice areas are aviation, environmental,
facilities, geospatial information technologies, linear utilities,
transportation, water/wastewater, and oil & gas. With more than 4,500 employees
in over 40 offices across the United States and internationally, Baker is
focused on providing services that span the complete life cycle of
infrastructure and managed asset projects.

SOURCE  Michael Baker Corporation
    -0-                             03/14/2006
    /CONTACT:  David Higie of Michael Baker Corporation, +1-412-269-6449/
    /Photo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020605/BAKERLOGO
             AP Archive:  http://photoarchive.ap.org
             PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com/
    /Web site:  http://www.mbakercorp.com/
    (BKR)