Court stenographer

A stenographer's hands are pictured in Washington in 2005.

(Haraz Ghanbari | The Associated Press)

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," Jack Nicholson repeatedly typed in the 1980 film "The Shining."

Now there's a legal horror story brewing in New York City after a court stenographer had a similar breakdown on his typewriter. The New York Post reports Daniel Kochanski has been fired after he allegedly started writing "gibberish" instead of dialogue from legal proceedings, jeopardizing nearly 30 cases.

"I hate my job, I hate my job," he typed over and over again during a 2010 criminal trial, sources told the newspaper.

According to Time, the Manhattan court reporter's botched transcripts could lead to some criminal convictions being overturned. At least 10 of Kochanski's cases are reportedly being appealed, including one where Aaron Hand admitted to hiring a hitman from his upstate N.Y. prison cell to murder a witness.

The Gothamist reports judges, lawyers and witnesses are being forced to reconstruct trial events to ensure an accurate record exists in court documents.

Kochanski denied making mistakes at work, telling the Post that he was let go because of alcohol abuse in 2012. He said he would be clean and sober for one year as of this July.

The Office of Court Administration spokesman David Bookstaver told the publication Kochanski had been fired for misconduct in March 2012.