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.

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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.

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