SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549-1004




                                    FORM 8-K
                   CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



          Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported) July 9, 1999
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                           GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
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            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




      STATE OF DELAWARE                 1-143                 38-0572515
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(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
 of incorporation)                                         Identification No.)




   100 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan                 48265-1000
3044 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan                 48202-3091
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  (Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)







Registrant's telephone number, including area code       (313)-556-5000
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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

      On July 9, 1999, a jury in a Los Angeles  Superior  Court in the matter of
Anderson  et.  al, v.  General  Motors  Corporation,  returned a verdict of $4.9
Billion  against  General  Motors in a product  liability  lawsuit  involving  a
post-collision, fuel fed fire in a 1979 Chevrolet Malibu. The award consisted of
$102 million in compensatory damages and $4.8 billion in punitive damages.

This case arose out of an  accident on December  24,1993.  While the  plaintiffs
were stopped at a red light,  they were struck in the rear by a 1977 Buick Regal
going  approximately 70 mph. The driver of the Regal was  intoxicated,  having a
blood alcohol level of .20, almost three times the California limit. The ensuing
post-crash  fire burned all of the  occupants  of the Malibu  with the  children
receiving the most severe burns. Plaintiffs claimed that the Malibu's fuel tank,
which was located behind the rear axle,  should have been located over the axle.
Alternatively  they claimed the tank should have been shielded or incorporated a
bladder. GM believes that, by any measure,  the 1979 Malibu was a safe passenger
car. The Malibu's fuel tank location was similar to that in most other  vehicles
of this size and vintage.  The design met or exceeded the  applicable  FMVSS 301
standard  and  passed a 50 mph  rear-impact  test that few cars on the market in
1979 would have. Even the alternative  designs suggested by the plaintiffs would
have been compromised in this severe crash.  Despite other  compelling  evidence
that the Malibu's fuel system was well-designed, GM was not allowed to introduce
it.

Lastly,  although the jury was asked to apportion the non-economic  compensatory
damages between GM and the driver of the Regal, they were not informed about his
intoxication.  Due to the fact that GM  believes  that the design of the subject
Chevrolet  Malibu was not responsible  for  plaintiff's  injuries and its belief
that numerous  evidentiary  and  procedural  reversible  errors  occurred at the
trial, GM will vigorously  pursue  post-trial  motions and it's right of appeal.
Post-trial  motions are expected to take several months. The cost of any bond GM
may have to post,  if any, is not  expected  to be material to the  corporations
financial results.


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                                    SIGNATURE

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

                                            GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
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Dated   July 13, 1999
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                                            By
                                            s/Peter R. Bible
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                                            (Peter R. Bible,
                                             Chief Accounting Officer)














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