Wichita — A Kansas legislator whose wife died last year after being struck and dragged by a vehicle in a supermarket parking lot has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.

The Wichita Eagle reports that the lawsuit filed on behalf of Rep. Dennis Hedke, a Republican representing the Wichita area, and the estate of his late wife, Annette Hedke, seeks more than $75,000 from the man driving the vehicle and from the woman who owned it.

The lawsuit says 23-year-old Christopher Schrader shouldn’t have been allowed to drive because of his driving record and drug use. It also alleges negligence on his mother’s behalf because she gave her son permission to drive the vehicle.

Schrader is criminally charged in Hedke’s death.

Court records didn’t list an attorney the Schraders Friday.